Sending my best wishes to all those celebrating Eid al-Fitr in Canada & around the world!https://t.co/LxEgSZHiGr — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) July 5, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who […]
Source: The Star The Toronto visit is part of a 19-city North America tour this summer, starting in Portland NEW YORK—Hasan Minhaj, a correspondent with Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, is […]
thestar.com 2016/07/04 While many respondents had favourable views of immigrants, three-quarters of respondents said we need to focus on caring for people “here” instead of spending resources on refugees. While Canada rides a wave of global praise for welcoming Syrian refugees, a new poll suggests we’re also facing a wave […]
Source: The Guardian BY Ashifa Kassam in Iqaluit In Canada’s Arctic, summers are marked by a bright light that bathes the treeless tundra for more than 20 hours a day. For […]
On July 1, 2016, hundreds of people gathered for celebrations at Baitul Islam mosque in Vaughan. This year, the celebrations were extra special for the Muslim community because they coincided with the […]
Source. Canada Day also coincides with last Friday of Ramadan this year CBC News Posted: Jul 01, 2016 7:30 PM ET Last Updated: Jul 01, 2016 7:30 PM ET Play Media Syrian refugees in the GTA celebrated their first Canada Day along with the Ahmadiyya Canadian Muslim community. Syrian family […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada has launched a national campaign titled, “Fast with a Muslim Friend”, for Canadians to participate in Ramadan with their fellow Muslims. Starting June 18, 2015. […]
MEDIA ADVISORY: Community leaders across Canada to endorse new Charter condemning Islamophobia Canadians troubled by rising number of anti-Muslim hate crimes and hate incidents (Ottawa – June 30, 2016) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties & advocacy organization, will be joined by community leaders, law enforcement, […]
U.S. president says the world will benefit from Justin Trudeau’s leadership By Murray Brewster, CBC News Posted: Jun 29, 2016 3:07 PM ET Last Updated: Jun 29, 2016 9:57 PM ET U.S. President Barack Obama handed the torch of progressive politics to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday in a warm, rousing speech to Parliament, in which he also […]
The Holy Quran does not say to go out and kill gay people On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard, killed 49 people and wounded 53 others […]
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne joined Muslims in fasting on Wednesday, June 22nd and then took part in the Iftar (fast-breaking meal) with the community at the Sayeda Khadija Centre […]
thestar.com By GEOFFREY VENDEVILLEStaff Reporter Sun., June 26, 2016 Muslims and LGBTQ people both know how it feels to be treated badly or even hated sometimes because of who they are.el-Farouk Khaki leads the prayers Mostly, these groups have suffered separately. But the tragedy in Orlando brought some members of both […]
London, Ont., police charge suspect with assaulting Muslim woman London, Ont., Canada police charge suspect with assaulting Muslim woman – Windsor – CBC News <!–/g/i/yuimodules/3.11.0.js–> Police have arrested a 38-year-old woman in connection with an alleged attack on a Muslim woman in a supermarket in London, Ont., and charged her with […]
Quebec city, Quebec Islamic cultural centre of Quebec City was also target of xenophobic messages, vandalism in 2014 CBC News Posted: Jun 19, 2016 10:30 PM ET Last Updated: Jun 19, 2016 10:31 PM ET In the middle of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a regular at a Quebec City mosque finished […]
Source: NPR By MERRIT KENNEDY After weeks of debate, Canadian lawmakers have passed legislation to legalize physician-assisted death. That makes Canada “one of the few nations where doctors can legally help […]
Ramadan support group a ‘very Toronto type of community’ | Toronto Star Pacinthe Mattar can’t forget about her “worst Ramadan on record.”Ramadan support group a ‘very Toronto type of community’ | Toronto Star Pacinthe Mattar (right), says that during Ramadan in “Muslim majority countries . . . you feel like […]
Source: BBC The father of a gunman who killed dozens of people in an Orlando gay club says he did not know that his son had a “grudge in his […]
Source: Toronto Sun BY TAREK FATAH, TORONTO SUN, FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, JUNE 07, 2016 February 28, 1964, would have been just another day for the boys of St. Lawrence’s Boys’ Catholic School in […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada has launched a national campaign titled “Fast with a Muslim Friend.” Canadians can partake in this unique experience by visiting http://www.FastWithMuslims.com This annual campaign allows […]
Justin Trudeau on Facebook: “It was a pleasure to celebrate Iftar and break the first Ramadan fast with Muslim members of our caucus last night.”